Restoring Joy as a Dad | Ep 483
Dad Tired
Jerrad Lopes
5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
What would your wife and kids say if someone asked, “Is your dad full of joy?”
In this episode, Jerrad gets honest about why so many dads feel grumpy, short-tempered, and exhausted, and why joy often feels out of reach. Sharing personal stories, biblical truth, and ten practical steps, he unpacks how Christian dads can move from frustration to deep joy rooted in Jesus.
With insight from Psalm 16:11, Galatians 5:22–23, and John 15:10–11, you’ll discover:
- The hidden reasons dads lose joy (unconfessed sin, silent pressures, numbing out)
- Why God actually cares about your joy as a man
- How joy flows from God’s presence, obedience, and salvation
- Practical rhythms to restore joy in your home—like confession, gratitude, play, rest, and community
Whether you’ve been stuck in grumpiness or just long to be a more joy-filled dad, this episode will help you step back into the life God designed for you.
Scriptures Mentioned
- Psalm 16:11
- Galatians 5:22–23
- Psalm 51:12
- James 1:2–4
- John 15:10–11
- Philippians 4:6–7
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18
- Ecclesiastes 3:12–13
- Matthew 18:3
- John 16:24
- Mark 10:45
- Matthew 11:28–29
- Hebrews 10:24–25
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| 0:00.0 | At Dad Tired, we believe that strong families begin with healed men, and I'm confident that today's |
| 0:04.9 | episode is going to help you find healing. You guys know that one of the things I talk about all the time on the podcast is making sure we're filling our minds and our kids' minds with truth. That's why I'm so grateful for the resources that help us do that. For me personally, one of the ways that I stay rooted in scripture is through an app called dwell. |
| 0:27.0 | It's an audio Bible that makes it so easy to stay in God's Word and keep it in front of you even when life gets busy. |
| 0:31.3 | Most mornings I just pop my earbuds in, I hit the coffee maker, and I press play. |
| 0:33.6 | The voices are warm and real. |
| 0:36.4 | You can change the background music or narration speed. |
| 0:38.1 | And lately, I've been listening to the words of Jesus daily. It only takes four, five, six minutes to get through, but it gives me a |
| 0:43.1 | chance to pause, hear scripture, and pray before the day even gets rolling. If you want to try that |
| 0:48.0 | out, they're giving the dad tired listeners 25% off when you go to dwellbibble.com forward slash dad tired. Again, that's dwellb bible.com forward slash dad tired to get 25% off when you go to dwellbibble.com forward slash dad tired. Again, that's dwellbibble.com |
| 0:55.9 | forward slash dad tired to get 25% off. And while you're filling your own heart with truth, |
| 1:01.0 | I also want to encourage you to think about what your kids are filling their minds with. One of the |
| 1:04.6 | best resources I've found for them is called World Watch. It's a fact-based news program that's |
| 1:09.4 | specifically made for kids. They hold the real |
| 1:11.6 | journalistic integrity, but they also point to God's design in everything they do, which means |
| 1:16.1 | parents can let their guard down knowing it's safe, but also trust that it's shaping their kids |
| 1:20.6 | with the biblical worldview. Honestly, it's one of the easiest ways to help your kids understand |
| 1:24.8 | what's going on in the world without you having to filter |
| 1:27.6 | through everything yourself. You can try it for free for 90 days by heading to world watch. |
| 1:31.9 | Dot News forward slash dad tired. Again, that's world watch.com news forward slash dad tired. |
| 1:38.2 | If I sat down with your wife and kids and I asked them, how much joy does dad have? How much joy |
| 1:43.1 | does your husband have? Is he full of joy? On a scale of 1 to 10, how happy is he? How much joy does dad have? How much joy does your husband have? Is he full of joy? On a |
| 1:45.4 | scale of 1 to 10, how happy is he? How much joy does he have on a day-to-day basis? What do you think |
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